Gate for covered vehicles



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GATE lFOR COVERED VEHICLES.

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` Specification oi Letters Patent.`

Patented laag, aa, rees,

miniemen sied January 7, ieee. serial no. senese.

To all ivhomvz't may concern: I

Beit known that l', ALVIN DAVID DALY, a

. citizen ot the United States, residing at Tucson, Arizona, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates forgCoveredVehicles; and l do hereby declar that the followingis a full, clear,concise, and

exact description of thesame, such as will enable others ,skilled in theart to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements 1n vclosures or gatesparticularly adapted for requiring but a minimum amount of' space wheninstalled and. capable of being` moved to an out of the way positionwhen opened, in order that ready access may be had to the body interior.p

lt is also an object of the. invention to -provide a ygate of thecharacter mentioned adapted to be moved vertically and horizontally to aposition in proximity to the onset out one vehicle body cover to l whenopened, and to be releasably retained in such 4position by means of thenovel `form .of traps employed therefor.

@ther objects will be in part obvious and art ointed out hereinafter.

or erthat the invention and its mode of operation may be readilunderstood by personsshilled in the art, have. in the ac; companyinillustrative drawings and in the detailed fo lowing description basedtherepossible embodiment of the same. v

Figure 1 is a vertical lon 'tudinal section through atragment of a 'veicle body cover showing lmy improved gate positioned in roximity to theway therein, the gate being 1n a'partlally open position;

Figure 2 1s a detail in perspective ot my improved gate; and,

Figure `3 is a fragmentary detail in horizontal section taken throu hone side of the gate supporting frame andg the gate showing theconnection between the two.

Having more particular reference tothe drawings in connection with whichlike characters ot reference will designate correlspending partsthroughout, C indicates a vellicle body cover in its entirety, saidcover having Wire grating or drill sides s, while a gateway or openingis formed in. the rear end of the cover for 4an obvious purpose;

posts 1 being arranged upon the opposite sides of said gateway and aswill be understood, affording stays or holsters for the cove'r Candhaving channeled iron strips 2 oncertain of the sides thereof adaptedto receive the adjacent ends of the Wires constituting the grating sidess, as clearly shown in the Figure 3. Upon the inner sides of the severalposts 1, vertically' disposed U- shaped ychanneled metal strips 3 are arranged, being secured to adjacent portions of said posts in a suitablemanner and having inwardly extending extensions 3 formed thereupon,Y 1nproximity to their upper end portions, while openings t are also formedin those portions of the channeled strips 3 adjacent the connection oftheir respective branches vor extensions. 3 with the same, this beingclearly shown in the Figure l. @t

course, the extensions 3 are suitably secured to adjacent portions ofthecover C to prevent their movement with relation to the latter. 1 l

The door, forming a part of this invention, may be stated to comprise asubstan tially rectangular frame 5 formed of channeled metal and havingo positely disposed spaced pivot pins 6 and l) arranged in the baseportions of the channeled metal constituting the opposite sides of thesame, said pins 6 and 7, as will be noted, upon reference to the Figures1 and 2, being arranged in proxlmity to the top and bottom portions ofthe frame 5. Wire grating 8 may be and preferably is arranged in theframe 5 thus completing the gate, although in this connection, it is ofcourse to be understood that any suitable form of body or panelling mabe substituted` in lieu ot this grating, suoi as conditions orpreference/may dictate.

When mounting the gate in the channeled strips 3 with their extensions3', the lower pivot pins 7 upon the op osite sides of the frame areengaged in t e kvertically disposed portions of said strips, that is,those portions indicated by the numerals 3; rub" closed position. Thenpermost pivot'pins" anneled strips pre- 6 are engaged in thee lill@sented by the inwardly disposed extensions 3', as shown in the Figure 1,and when the gate is moved to its full closed position, said pins 6 willhave entered the vertically clisposed strips 3, as shown in the dottedlines in the Figure l, thus completely closing the way formed in therear end of the cover C. At this time, the lower pivot pins 7 will beengaged with or arranged directly adjacent the rubber cushioning stops9, as is also shown in dotted lines in the Figure l. ln order that thegate will be releasablv held in its closed position,.l may andpreferably do employ a contractile coiled spring i0, connecting one endto one side of the 'frame 5, while the opposite end thereof is suitablyengaged with the grating 'of one of the sides s. Thus, when the gate 1smoved to its fully closed position, the lcontractile spring 10 will beextended andby consequence, the tension under which it will be placedserves to apply su'i'ticient pressure to the gate for preventing itsmaterial vibration. Likewise, lwhen the gate is moved to its fully openposition as shown in dotted lines in Figure 1, the springlO will bealsoextended as shown in dotted lines and by exerting a downward pull uponthe innermost end of the gate frame 5, will prevent material movement orthe same in the channeled strip extensions 3.

@When itis desired 'to move the gate to an open position with respect tothe cover C, the lower portion of' the same is engaged and movedupwardly. At the same time, with slight upward movement of the gate, an.inward pull wili be imparted thereto by reason of the extended coilspring 10, 'thus the oppositely disposed pivot pins 6 will be movedinwardly through the extension' strips 3', to the'positionshown in vfulllines in Figure l. At this tirne,the lower portion or' the gate may bemanually swung upwardly, the pivot pins .7 passing through the strips 3,while the upper end of the same will move inwardly through or over theextensions 3, because of the engagement of the pivot pins 6 therein. Thelower portion of the gate is moved to its extreme uppermost positionlwith respect to the stripsv 3, whereupon the pivot pins 7 will bebrought to 'positions adjacent the openings 4 in the side walls or' theupper portions of said strips 3. At this time, an inward thrust isimparted to the. gate moving the pivot pins Tthrough said openings 4 tothe position shown in dotted lines in Figure 1, that is, in the seatsprovided for the same by the arrangement of the openings 4 at pointsslightly above the connection of the inwardly disposed extensions 3 withthe ver-A tically disposed channeled` strips 3. As hereinbefore stated,when the gate is in its open position, the vspring l0 will be againdistended and by reason of its tension, will tend to pull the innerportion of the gate downwardly and by consequence, retain the outerportion thereof with the pivot pins 7 in their lower-most positions uponthe upper sides of the extension strips 3', preventlng said pivot pinsfrom passing through the openings 4J and. permitting the gate toaccidentally or unduly close.

Manifestly, the construction shown is capable of considerablemodification and such modification as is within "the scope of my claim,I consider within the spirito-f my invention.

l claim:

The combination with `a vehicle body cover having a way therein, postsupon the opposite sides of said way, a gatefor said` way, of verticalchanneled strips secured to the inner sides of said posts, substantiallyhorizontally extending channeled strips stormed integral with andcommunicating with. the upper portions of said vertical strips, saidvertical strips-each having an opening thereinat points slightly abovethe connection to the horizontal strips, oppositely disposed pivot pinsarranged on the upper-and lower ends et the several sides of said gateand adapted toloe received in the channels of said vertical andlongitudinal strips, rubber stops closing the lower ends of the channelsof said vertical strips,

and'adapted to retain said gate in a vertical position within thevehicle body cover wa the pivot pins, upon the lower end of said gatebeing adapted to be inserted within the openings in the-vertical stripsand rest upon the upper walls of the horizontal strips fori retainingthe gate in its open position, a coil spring connected to said gate andadapted to apply' pressure thereto when the gate is in its open orclosed position, substantially as and `for the purpose specified.

lin witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand. v

ALVIN DAWD DALY.

